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googe wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:46 pm

. They talk funny over here Good luck.

I noticed
Thanks googe

BTW, only 22% of NZ is habitable, unlike Holland, where a 320m hill is the highest point :D Many of the 'headlines' in our 'news' services lately have been about overload in places that were once beautiful, isolated, pieces of paradise, but have become over-visited and polluted with urine, faeces a...

NZChris wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:12 am

hstuurman wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:10 am

It's a beautifull country, and I was stuned how friendly the people are... Rather different from the dutch

In that case, importing Dutchies doesn't sound like a great deal for us Kiwis

I think, I'm one of these exceptions

Odin wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:25 am

Don't piss in the water you swim in, Henk!



Odin.

There are a few exceptions, Odin.

Saltbush Bill wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 03, 2019 5:51 am

Im sure you will love it in New Zealand.

It's a beautifull country, and I was stuned how friendly the people are... Rather different from the dutch

NZChris wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 03, 2019 2:03 am

There are too many people here already. Can I send you some Kiwis?

Too many??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... on_density
New Zealand: 18 ppp/km2
Netherlands: 418 pop/km2
Can you imagine why I want to leave

Several years ago me and my family started thinking about emigration to New Zealand. Last fall we visited beautiful NZ for orientation and job hunting. Finding the job is the hardest part, even more now we are back in The Netherlands. But I need a job to get a visa. So thinking what ways I could go,...

Stalin killed millions yet Adolf Hitler gets acknowledged for killing hundreds if thousands . I'm not trying to take away from what transpired but history has forgotten the billions lost. i think you are minimalizing hitler's atrocities. stalin was indeed a horrific mass murderer but your number ma...

This is how Facebook goes. My daytime job is roads and sewerage-systems in a small community. I follow the often negative response from always the same people. Remarkable, these persons are in real very timidly but online they are real dragons... But sometimes there are a few who can say nice things...

Hi people,

I'm planning a trip to New Zealand.
Starting 1 week in Auckland and after that 5 weeks through North Island.
Since there are a lot of kiwi's here, I suppose someone can tell me if there is any craft distillery on the North Island, the internet is not really helpful.

Blowing some spirit in an old post: Today I was making jeneveressence again, and god I love this smell, guys you need a smell-app on your PC, for this short movie: http://s944.photobucket.com/user/hstuurman/media/DSCN7539.mp4.html I filled the boiler with 2 ltr of 40% alcohol (neutral), filled the c...

This moment I'm distilling a comby of a 2e and a 4e generation. Shots ar almost coming

Welcome mate, sounds like a nice place, and a nice day collecting with the kids, and a good feed!. I'm guessing but are you from the Netherlands/Denmark area?. What do you like to distill, and what still have you got?. Cheers The Northern islands of the Netherlands, it's called Ameland. Only 20 km ...

I'm so fortuned to live on an island. Dad has to distill next week, starting on monday, so today he has some quality-time with the kids. eight o'çlock we went to the south-coast, there is the "waddenzee" this sea is very shallow and beside a few streams comes dry twice a day. We came home with a big...

Kelbor wrote:Congrats!
Looking at the moonshine bottle label Is the wolf created by the trees and birds intentional? Pretty firken cool!

I've been looking at different angles, but..... where is the wolf?

Thanks guys for all youre nice remarks!

dirtymax731 wrote:Nice!

What type is the blue label?

It's an espressocoffee likker, 35% abv, 20% sugar. Strong and a sweet kick

No I'm not advertising, but very proud. For years I've been distilling for fun, the last few years I've been bussy starting this small distillery and today is the first they my bottles are for sale in a local store, and yes that makes me proud! http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad281/hstuurman/af55...

Interesting Odin, but why choose the heavy roasted chocolate malt, and not a lower EBC? And what about using a black malt, or roasted barley? Just thinking, not judging.

Great Odin, this will be interresting, the story contineues

Great that you are exploring making it legal, but we carry on regardless. Legality depends on enforcibility. The enforcers have big problems. We all cary on, but I have the opportunity to stand up (I've got the permits, they cannot sue me :mrgreen: ) and help my dutch fellow homedistillers. But see...

I've been bussy for about 1 year to legalize destillation in the Netherlands, it seemed to be hopefull, till last week I recieved a lettre from our finance department. They say legalisation equel to beer and winemakers is inpossible because of the European rules (91/83/EEG). All EU countries togethe...

Tokoroa_Shiner wrote:Why go through all that just to make a neutral?

This is the first generation, it aint got enough flavour, so I'm using it for a neutral.
The second is maybe better, I hope, but the third should be OK

So this week stripped the first generation, 60 ltr (incl grain) 9,4 % ABV. Came out a 10,5 ltr of low wine 40% ABV, today it's turning into a nice neutral. The second amount of rye is mixed with the hot water, today the second generation is started, this time 110 ltr, aming for a bit lower ABV, abou...

Bushman wrote:This might be the one:
http://ww.homedistiller.org/forum/viewt ... 7&start=20" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

That's a damn nice still, seen the design before (my first "big" still was a ponu), but choose to build the ponu.
Ozon again build some beauty!

I make my jenever different form Odin, take a small amout (2 ltr) of alcohol, and use a small still with a botanical basket, this way you create a strong essence, which you can mix with the greater bulk (for jenever 10 ml/ltr). The same can been done with rum I think.

Why do you not finish a spirit run, and do a third run with the botanicals? That's the way jenever is made.

Stink_Pickle wrote:I have been thinking of adding some rye to the original recipe. Would any of the more knowledgable on here recommend malted or unmalted? My thinking is that if using malted, it would have to be replaced at each generation.

I would use (and am using) unmalted cracked rye, why choose malted?

It's been done by many. This is a great recipe. But it also is a great base recipe to build off of. I use wheat in mine. But you will find people using anything grain in it. And many different grain bills. I'm sure any grain you add will work out fine. And make a good drop. As long as you like that...

Tokoroa_Shiner wrote:Keep reading and you will find that the guy that make the iStill (Odin) is a big contributor to this site.

I know Tokoroa

This is a very good interview with a great Dutch company which build great stills! Wish there is gonna be one of this stills in my shed soon
http://www.mainstdistilleries.com/the-i ... echnology/